Pocketbook and the like



L. LANGLEB. PocKETBooK AND lTHE LIKE.

- APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 9, 1919.

5kb V Amm/vers Patented Sept. 6

Lou 'l s Lan LOUJIS LANGLEB, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

POCKETBOOK AND THE LIKE.

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Specification of Letters Eatent.

lPat-e'nted Sept. 192i.

Application led September 9, 1919. Serial No. 322,668.

York, have invented anew and" usefulV Pocketbook and the like, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description. This invention relates to pocket books,

pocket book bags, purses, and the like,.and`

has for an object the provision of an improved construction wherein the usual folding or accordion effect is produced at the ends of the pocket book while the amount of high price leather is reduced. V .j j

AnotherV object in view is to provide a pocket book witha folded or substantially accordion end and with a lining which will give the appearance of the end extending beneath` the lining.

A still further object of the invention is to provide a pocket book of substantially the usual appearance, but with folded end members independent of the center or body part.

An additional object is to provide a pocket book giving the usual appearance, but using a minimum amount of leather and arranging the back so that it may give what is commonly known as an accordion effect, or arranging the back as a one piece member.

In the accompanying drawing:

Figure 1 is a perspective view of a pocket book formed according to the presentinvention.

Fig. 2 is a longitudinal horizontal section through a pocket book shown in Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is a fragmentary perspective view showing one of the end members in a folded position.

Fig. 4 is a detail fragmentary sectional view through Fig. 1 approximately on line 4r-.

Fig. 5 is an end vview of a different type of pocket book tothat shown in Fig. 1, illustrating the invention applied to a pocket book having the front and back as one continuous piece.

Referring to the accompanying drawing by numerals, 1 indicates a meta-l frame of any usual or preferred construction and 2 a covering flap also of any preferred construction. Heretofore in the manufacture of pocket books the outside leather covering 2 is brought around the ends and folded over other pieces of leather which extend from one end to the otherfor forming the differ` ent pockets inf the pocket book. 1n order to form the pockets in the manner just described a comparatively large quantity of leather is used which is not seen, wherein in the present invention it is aimed to reduce the quantity of leather toa minimum while giving the same appearance. Various pocket books now in common yuse are lined in addition to having they various leather members forming the various pockets. ln forming the present invention the frame 1 is used and arranged in the usual manner, but instead of having the leather pieces 3 and 4 extend the full length of the pocket book for forming the various pockets they are folded back and forth Aas shown in Figs. 2 and 3 for producing the proper folds to provide end walls when the pocket book is open and yet to properly collapse. These end mem bers extend only a short distance toward the center, as clearly illustrated in Fig. 2, but the various linings 5 extend the full distance, said linings being placed over suitable stiffening members 6 which are in common use, for instance a goed grade of card-board. rEhe various linings 5 extend throughout the various pockets and those adjacent the frame 1 are clamped in the frame as indicated in Fig. l while the leather ends 3 and et are also clamped in the end part of the frame and stitched to opposite sides of the pocket book as indicated in Fig. 2 'llhe ends 3 and a as indicated particularly in Fig. 3 are not only bent back and forth to produce the proper folds, but are formed so that a portion 7 is clamped within the ends of the frame 1 together with the center reinforcing members 6. The outer edges and the bottom of the ends and L are secured by suitable lines of stitching 8 and 9 tothe outer rein forcing memebrs 10 and 11 and also to the outer covering of leather for the front and back of the pocketbook. ln some pocket books the front and back is one continuous piece of inatedal and consequently at their juncture form the bottom of the pocket book. ln the particular form of pocket book shown .a bellows construction is produced and in this case covering bellows strips 12 are proruled. said strips being, if desired, formed of leather, though some good grade of fabric may be substituted without injuring the appearance or usefulness of the pocket book.

In Fig. 5 of the drawing apocket book is shown wherein thefront and back, 13 and 14 are one continuous strip of leather, back 14 being also continuous With the flap l5, the entire strip of leather 3 being of the same construction and arrangement as shown in Figs. 2 and 3 except to t,.of course, the

particular design shovvn in Fig. 5. By ar-V ranging the end pieces of leather 3 and 4 as described no special stitching is required Y to hold the pockets in pla-ce, as the lining is Y `clamped in the frame andA connected With v kl() the outside leather by thesame line of stitching l0 as connects the outer edge of the ends 3 and Ilwith the' front and back. This arrangement not onlV rovides a stron and simple construction with the elimination of all Vbut theV outside lines of stitching, but also presents a neat, cleanappearance with no obstructions in the various pockets.

It will thus be seen that in forming a pocket book there is an outside casing consisting of theufront and back, and in some instances the bottom strips l2 together With the end members 3 and et. In this outside casing is arranged the body formed of the' various 'linings 5 and their reinforcements 6.V Itis, of course, understood that the parts are connected together in the usual manner of forming the of stitching, or by an adhesive. This method ocket book gives the de- Y sirable results o presenting a high gradeA and back members of leather, a lining otherv than leather and having end portions with folds" converging toward the bottom and forming pockets, said portion of the lining forming the pockets beingintegral with thev converging end folds, and end members of leather and having folds corresponding With the folds of the end portions of the lining Vand on the outer face of the same, the outer edges and bottoms of theend members being stitched to the end edges and bottom ofthe front and back members..

VLouis LANGLEB; 

